Otago won the toss and chose to bat. They lost Hamish Rutherford and Michael Bracewell early to be 9/2 but then recovered through an 87 run partnership for the third wicket between Jordan Sheed who made 40 and Sean Eathorne who made 49. They went in quick succession before Shaun Fitzgibbon and Mark Craig put on 79 for the sixth wicket. At the end of 50 overs Otago had reached 234/8.
Wellington started well putting on 53 for the first wicket. Steven Murdoch hit 85 off 119 balls and after a series of steady partnerships Wellington seemed well placed for victory at 203/4 after 44 overs. However the Otago spin duo of Will Somerville and Mark Craig combined well taking six wickets between them to restrict Wellington to 225/7 at the end of 50 over,s giving Otago a win which earlier had looked unlikely.
Otago 234/8 (Jordan Sheed 40, Sean Eathorne 49, Mark Craig 54) beat Wellington 225/7 (Steven Murdoch 85, will Somerville 3/50, Mark Craig 3/38) by nine runs.
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